The Hermantown Football Team announced its postseason awards winners this week, which included Head coach Mike Zagelmeyer being named the Northeast Red District Coach of the Year and Assistant coach Greg Aker earning the title of Northeast Red District Assistant Coach of the Year after leading the Hawks to a 9-2 record on the year and its first trip to the MSHSL Class AAAA Tournament since 2018.
For the second-straight year, Hermantown had a player named to the Minnesota Vikings High School Football All-Star Game, with senior Aidan Adamski earning on spot on Team North as a defensive end. Adamski, who also earned All-Northeast Red District and All-Section 7AAAA honors, recently signed his National Letter of Intent to continue his football and academic career at the University of St. Thomas.
Fellow senior Alex Schott was also named to the All-Northeast Red District and All-Section 7AAAA Teams and earned Academic All-State and Academic All-District recognition for maintaining a GPA between 3.7-4.0 on a 4.0 scale. As a team, the Hawks earned the Academic All-State GOLD Award for having a team GPA between 3.26-4.00.
Sophomore Martin Sleen and junior Grant Johnson rounded out the foursome of Hawks to earn both All-Northeast Red District and All-Section 7AAAA recognition.
Landon Burg, Mason Humphreys and Evan Senst each earned a spot on the All-Section 7AAAA Team, while Kale Smith secured a place on the All-Northeast Red District squad.
See below for a full list of award winners:
2024 Hermantown Football Postseason Award Winners
Mike Zagelmeyer
Northeast Red District Coach of the Year
Greg Aker
Northeast Red District Assistant Coach of the Year
Aidan Adamski || Sr. || RB/DE
Selected to Minnesota Vikings Senior All-Star Game
All-Northeast Red District
All-Section 7AAAA
Academic All-District*
Alex Schott || Sr. || QB/DB
All-Northeast Red District
All-Section 7AAAA
Academic All-State
Academic All-District*
Martin Sleen || So. || RB/DB
All-Northeast Red District
All-Section 7AAAA
Academic All-District*
Grant Johnson || Jr. || TE/LB
All-Northeast Red District
All-Section 7AAAA
Kale Smith || Sr. || WR/LB
All-Section 7AAAA Honorable Mention
All-Northeast Red District
Landon Burg || Jr. || WR/DB
All-Section 7AAAA
All-Northeast Red District Honorable Mention
Academic All-District*
Mason Humphreys || Sr. || OL/DL
All-Section 7AAAA
All-Northeast Red District Honorable Mention
Evan Senst || Sr. || OL/DL
All-Section 7AAAA
Academic All-District*
Andre Morton || Sr. || OL/DL
All-Northeast Red District Honorable Mention
Jimmy Bartsch || Jr. || RB/LB
All-Section 7AAAA Honorable Mention
Bode Madill || Jr. || WR/DB
All-Section 7AAAA Honorable Mention
Academic All-District*
Adan Sandoval-Luna || Jr. || OL/DL
All-Section 7AAAA Honorable Mention
Academic All-District*
Kyle LaValley || Jr. || OL/LB
All-Section 7AAAA Honorable Mention
Academic All-District*
Tanner Homstad || Jr. || WR/DB
All-Section 7AAAA Honorable Mention
Zach Wunner || Jr. || OL/LB
All-Section 7AAAA Honorable Mention
Academic All-District*
Academic All-State GOLD Award
3.26-4.00 Team GPA
*Academic All-District Team (3.7-4.0 GPA)
Lane Holden
Jack London
Grant Sharrow
Owen Simonson
Logan Anderson
Sawyer Senst
Jett Carlson
Jack McCaffrey
Blake Amundson